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<h2>Periods Between Rain Events</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Data collected at Winnipeg International Airport (Canada)
on periods (in days) between rain events.  
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>droughts</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>This data frame contains the following columns:
</p>

<dl>
<dt>length</dt><dd><p>the length of time from the completion of
the last rain event to the beginning of the next rain event.</p>
</dd>
<dt>year</dt><dd><p>the calendar year.</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
  boxplot(length ~ year, data=droughts)
  boxplot(log(length) ~ year, data=droughts)
  hist(droughts$length, main="Winnipeg Droughts", xlab="length (in days)")
  hist(log(droughts$length), main="Winnipeg Droughts", xlab="length (in days, log scale)")

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